Do they? Can they really not just say "Obviously a whack job" and leave it at that? Still, I come from a country where the only Prime Minister to die in office did so while having a swim at the beach so we tend to be a bit more relaxed about things. I believe I've told the story of the time that the Prime Minister was (unexpectedly) walking past and my brother and I were having an idle (and entirely joking) chat about running over and poking him in the eye and discussing the difficulties that his glasses would pose and wondering if that's why he wore glasses - to avoid eye-pokes. We looked up and realised that a very senior police officer was well within ear-shot of us and indeed holding back giggles, whether at our conversation or amusing double take I will never know.

But we have had 4 sitting Presidents assassinated (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy), 1 sitting President injured (Reagan), 1 former President injured (Teddy Roosevelt. while campaigning as a 3rd party candidate for President), and at least 14 attempted assassinations that did not result in serious injury. Of the last 10 US Presidents only LBJ did not have someone try to kill him in office.

Kennedy - Killed, also a man named Richard Paul Pavlick planned to car bomb him

Nixon One person smuggled a gun into an event, another was going to crash a plane into the White House

Ford (who by the way is the only person so far to be President w/out being elected as President or VP - was appointed to VP after Agnew resigned became President after Nixon Resigned) Lynett Fromme (of Manson Family) and Sara Jane More both tried to kill him

Carter - Raymond Lee Harvey mentally ill claimed to be part of a 4 man team.

Posting racial slurs and hopes for assassination about the US President on Facebook, and then telling a TV interviewer that "I didn't think it would be that big of a deal," might not be a good career move.

Am I the only one who noticed that she is not a registered voter? I know, she could be from Canada or England, but I really think the article would have mentioned that, so yeah, if she feels that strongly about it, why didn't she do something about it?

Sorry, I'm the one who cheered when the daughter of some friends of mine who hold the oppositive political point of view from me told me she voted for the first time; she was surprised because I had to know she was voting for her parents' candidate and not mine, but I told her I was still excited she'd voted!

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Do they? Can they really not just say "Obviously a whack job" and leave it at that? Still, I come from a country where the only Prime Minister to die in office did so while having a swim at the beach so we tend to be a bit more relaxed about things. I believe I've told the story of the time that the Prime Minister was (unexpectedly) walking past and my brother and I were having an idle (and entirely joking) chat about running over and poking him in the eye and discussing the difficulties that his glasses would pose and wondering if that's why he wore glasses - to avoid eye-pokes. We looked up and realised that a very senior police officer was well within ear-shot of us and indeed holding back giggles, whether at our conversation or amusing double take I will never know.

But we have had 4 sitting Presidents assassinated (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy), 1 sitting President injured (Reagan), 1 former President injured (Teddy Roosevelt. while campaigning as a 3rd party candidate for President), and at least 14 attempted assassinations that did not result in serious injury. Of the last 10 US Presidents only LBJ did not have someone try to kill him in office.

Kennedy - Killed, also a man named Richard Paul Pavlick planned to car bomb him

Nixon One person smuggled a gun into an event, another was going to crash a plane into the White House

Ford (who by the way is the only person so far to be President w/out being elected as President or VP - was appointed to VP after Agnew resigned became President after Nixon Resigned) Lynett Fromme (of Manson Family) and Sara Jane More both tried to kill him

Carter - Raymond Lee Harvey mentally ill claimed to be part of a 4 man team.

Do they? Can they really not just say "Obviously a whack job" and leave it at that? Still, I come from a country where the only Prime Minister to die in office did so while having a swim at the beach so we tend to be a bit more relaxed about things. I believe I've told the story of the time that the Prime Minister was (unexpectedly) walking past and my brother and I were having an idle (and entirely joking) chat about running over and poking him in the eye and discussing the difficulties that his glasses would pose and wondering if that's why he wore glasses - to avoid eye-pokes. We looked up and realised that a very senior police officer was well within ear-shot of us and indeed holding back giggles, whether at our conversation or amusing double take I will never know.

But we have had 4 sitting Presidents assassinated (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy), 1 sitting President injured (Reagan), 1 former President injured (Teddy Roosevelt. while campaigning as a 3rd party candidate for President), and at least 14 attempted assassinations that did not result in serious injury. Of the last 10 US Presidents only LBJ did not have someone try to kill him in office.

Kennedy - Killed, also a man named Richard Paul Pavlick planned to car bomb him

Nixon One person smuggled a gun into an event, another was going to crash a plane into the White House

Ford (who by the way is the only person so far to be President w/out being elected as President or VP - was appointed to VP after Agnew resigned became President after Nixon Resigned) Lynett Fromme (of Manson Family) and Sara Jane More both tried to kill him

Carter - Raymond Lee Harvey mentally ill claimed to be part of a 4 man team.

George W Bush Robert Picket shot at the White House. Tbilisi, Georgia Vladimir Arutyunia threw a live grenade towards the President during a speech,

Obama - Oscar Ortega-Hernandez shot 7 times at the White House cracking a window.

Don't forget that Flight 93 was thought to be meant for the White House.

And presidential candidate Senator Robert Kennedy, murdered at the end of the California primary in 1968.

PS. This is why presidential candidates now get secret service protection.

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Posting racial slurs and hopes for assassination about the US President on Facebook, and then telling a TV interviewer that "I didn't think it would be that big of a deal," might not be a good career move.

Am I the only one who noticed that she is not a registered voter? I know, she could be from Canada or England, but I really think the article would have mentioned that, so yeah, if she feels that strongly about it, why didn't she do something about it?

Sorry, I'm the one who cheered when the daughter of some friends of mine who hold the oppositive political point of view from me told me she voted for the first time; she was surprised because I had to know she was voting for her parents' candidate and not mine, but I told her I was still excited she'd voted!

At my polling place this week, the entire table full of check-in staff cheered and clapped when a first-time voter came up and got their ballot.

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I was a kid when Reagan was shot, but I distinctly remember hearing a story of a curse of some sort, that every twenty years or so, an attempt would occur, and sometimes actual death, of apresident's life.

I can almost see a chart in my mind, but as a child, I did not ask, and as I got older, I thought it was silly, and too much time had passed so it could not be true, right?

So, does anyone else remember the same thing?

Was there some sort of formula to the curse, like numbers instead of years, or was it just sensationalist journalism that scared a little girl?

Posting racial slurs and hopes for assassination about the US President on Facebook, and then telling a TV interviewer that "I didn't think it would be that big of a deal," might not be a good career move.

I was a kid when Reagan was shot, but I distinctly remember hearing a story of a curse of some sort, that every twenty years or so, an attempt would occur, and sometimes actual death, of apresident's life.

I can almost see a chart in my mind, but as a child, I did not ask, and as I got older, I thought it was silly, and too much time had passed so it could not be true, right?

So, does anyone else remember the same thing?

Was there some sort of formula to the curse, like numbers instead of years, or was it just sensationalist journalism that scared a little girl?

From 1840 to 1960, every president who was elected in a year divisible by 20 died in office. That's 7 out of the 8 Presidents who've died in office. The pattern was well known by 1980, enough that Jimmy Carter was asked about while he was campaigning for reelection. Since both Reagan and Bush have survived their presidencies, I think its a "curse" that can be put to bed.

Do they? Can they really not just say "Obviously a whack job" and leave it at that? Still, I come from a country where the only Prime Minister to die in office did so while having a swim at the beach so we tend to be a bit more relaxed about things. I believe I've told the story of the time that the Prime Minister was (unexpectedly) walking past and my brother and I were having an idle (and entirely joking) chat about running over and poking him in the eye and discussing the difficulties that his glasses would pose and wondering if that's why he wore glasses - to avoid eye-pokes. We looked up and realised that a very senior police officer was well within ear-shot of us and indeed holding back giggles, whether at our conversation or amusing double take I will never know.

My favorite was a story about the same Prime Minister (I believe), who, when out on his morning walk went past a young rowing crew and one of the young men decided to spontaneously run up and give the PM a hug. Forgetting completely in the excitement of the moment that he was in the middle of attaching the struts to the boat, he ran up and hugged the PM with a screwdriver in his hand.

No harm done, he apologised profusely and everyone went on their merry way. I shudder to imagine what would happen if he tried the same thing on President Obama though...

At the Golden Arches many years, knew of many workers who rather stand around and talk compared to work. It was mainly the teenaged workers, and I admit back then I did tell them off sometimes even if it wasn't my job to do so. I was never pulled aside by a boss for what I did, and I am sure they would have told me off too.